A new McKinsey analysis quantifies the impact that digital and AI can have on consumer goods businesses and where consumer-packaged-goods executives should focus their efforts. Source: McKinsey Fortune or fiction? The real value of a digital and AI transformation in CPG

US micro-, small- and medium-size enterprises, like their global counterparts, struggle with productivity. But a win–win economic fabric connecting all businesses can maximize their potential. Source: McKinsey America’s small businesses: Time to think big

Karen Kerrington, president and CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, discusses the upcoming election.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton What Small Businesses Are Thinking about as the Election Nears

Wharton’s Britta Glennon measures the chilling effect that tense U.S.-China relations are having on the exchange of scientific research.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Hostile U.S.-China Relations Are Hurting Science

Wharton professor Joao Gomes explains why the U.S. government needs to address the national debt sooner rather than later.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Elections and National Debt | Joao Gomes

We live in a world that seems more divisive and polarized than ever, and it’s common to describe this phenomenon as tribalism. But Michael Morris, professor at Columbia Business School, says that term is often misunderstood and that tribal instincts can in fact be very positive influences in society and at work. He uses Read more about How Tribalism Can Actually Strengthen Workplace Culture[…]

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win. Source: McKinsey The Read more about The McKinsey Crossword: Skipping School | No. 200[…]

More sophisticated retailing could deliver substantial value to the airline industry—if technology, processes, and mindsets can be changed. Source: McKinsey Ready for takeoff: The airline retailing opportunity

Nurses are cautiously enthusiastic about AI. They are eager to share their knowledge of patient priorities in developing AI-powered tools but stress the importance of not sacrificing high-quality care. Source: McKinsey The pulse of nurses’ perspectives on AI in healthcare delivery

Boosting Europe’s competitiveness across the AI value chain. Source: McKinsey Time to place our bets: Europe’s AI opportunity